Hay-carrier track



(No Model.)

L. Y. MYERS. HAY CARRIER TRACK.

No. 440,602. Patented Nov. 11, 1890.

WITNESSES INVENTORR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS Y. MYERS, or CANTON, ASSIGNOR TO F. E. MYERS & BBQ, on

ASHLAND, OHIO.

HAY-CARRIER TRAC K SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.440,602, dated November 11, 1890.

Application filed February 2, 1889. Serial No. 298,544. (lilo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS Y. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hay-Carrier Tracks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

The invention relates to tracks for hay-carriers.

It has forits object to provide a track upon which a hay-carrier may travel and be locked and released at the will of the operator; furthermore, to provide means for supporting the track in operative position, and, finally, to provide a track which will be simple in construction, durable in use, and comparatively inexpensive of manufacture.

WVith these objects in view the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination'of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the track and the meansfor supporting the same. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the combined stop-block and fish-plates. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same, and Fig. 4. is a perspective view of an ordinary fish-plate.

A denotes the track, which is similar to the ordinary T-track in form, having a vertical central web B, with laterally-projecting basefianges C to form a track or bed for the wheels of a traveling carrier on each side of the web, and narrow flanges, as D, at the upper portions of the web, to which a suspending clamp is secured, as hereinafter described. The track-sections may be made of any desired length, and may be secured together by the fish-plates E in the usual manner.

To secure the carrier against progressive movement while the load is being raised, a stop-block, as F, is provided, having a downwardly-projecting tooth d, adapted to engage mechanism upon the carrier. The said block may be placed between the ends of the tracksections and secured to the fish-plates, as shown in Fig. 1, having its top and bottom flanges a and b flush with the flanges of the track; or, if desired, the stop-block may be constructed with parallel fish-plates f, which are adapted to engage the sides of the vertical web of the track and be bolted thereto. In other words, instead of making the stopblock and the fish-plates separate, they may, if preferred, be constructed integral, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

G designates the lower end of one of the track-supporting rods, having a bifurcated extremity forming prongs h, having hooked ends to engage the top flanges of the track, in which position they may be secured by a bolt j or a slip-loop k. The upper end of the rod may be secured in any suitable manner.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the construction herein set forth.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

,1. The combination, with a track having flanges projected laterally from its top and bottom, the flanges at the bottom forming treads for the wheels of a carrier, of a sus: pending clamp consisting, essentially, of a bar having its lower end bifurcated, the ends of the branches or prongs being hooked to en gage the-flanges at the top of the rail, and

means for holding the branches in engage:

ment with the flanges of the rail, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with two rail-sections of a continuous track, of a stop-block located at the juncture of the ends of the sections and fish-plates serving the double purpose of securing the ends of the rails and securing the stop-block in position, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with two rail-sections of a continuous track, of a stop-block, a portion of the block being located between the ends of the rail-sections, and means for se curing the stop-block in position, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the adjacent ends of two rail-sections of a continuous track, of

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a stop-block, a portion of the stop-block being located between the ends of the rail-sections and forming a continuation of the rail-sections flush with the treads of the rail-sections, and means for securing the stop-block in position, substantially as set forth.

5. A track provided with a stopbl0ck, as F, having flanges a and b, and a downwardlyprojecting tooth d, substantially as set forth.

6. The c0mbination,with the track-sections, of a stop-block located between their ends and provided with flanges a and b and downwardly-projecting tooth cl, and fish-plates for securing the ends of said track-sections and the stop-bloek in the desired relative posi- 15 tions, substantially as set forth.

7. The combinatiomwith the track-sections, of a stop-block located at the juncture of the track-sections and fish-plates formed integral with the stop-block and adapted to receive 20 the ends of the rails between them, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of January, A. D. 1889.

LEWIS Y. MYERS. Witnesses:

W. K. MILLER, CHAS. R. MILLER. 

